Advertising Rates and Red Cross Relief Note
Advertisement rates on application and notices are charged at regular rates. The Red Cross flood relief has collected over 5 million dollars through the Ark in the Mississippi agency. Watauga County lists 60 school houses with a total value of 292 000 dollars, averaging 4 867 per school, compared with state averages of 12 306 for 1925 26.
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Ark
Mississippi
Red Cross
Watauga County
Watauga’s
Not a Bad One at That
A good-looking young man enters a store asking for automobile accessories. The clerk replies with a flirtatious boast that she is the only one there, implying a playful vendor customer exchange.
No Snitcher Watch Complaint Sparks Warranty Dispute
A buyer complains a watch failed to start and cites miscommunication with the seller. The dealer says no fault in the watch and argues the manufacturer did not advertise the issue. The dispute centers on implied disclosures and warranty expectations.
Global Telephones and a Freezing Snail Fact
The United States controls sixty three percent of the world's telephones while Europe holds twenty six percent. The rest of the world accounts for the remaining share. A snail can endure temperatures of minus 120 degrees.
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United States
Europe
World
Community Notes and Local Visits Highlight Boone Week
Local residents host and visit relatives across North Carolina and Tennessee. Sherwood events include a May 19 Fordson tractor demonstration by Taylor Motor Company. A Monday wedding in Sherwood unites Henry Mast and Mamie Henson. An 80 gallon copper still and 300 gallons of beer are seized in North Fork township. Dr. J M Gaither suffers car damage in a Boone Trail crash. The American Legion plans a July celebration with regional participation.
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Watauga County
Taylor Motor Company
Democrat
Farthing
Wyke
North Fork Township
Boone
Dotson Furr announces Ola Alice wed Albert Floyd Furr
Mrs. Roy Dotson announces the marriage of their daughter Ola Alice to Albert Floyd Furr on Monday May 9 1927 in Boone North Carolina. The couple plan to reside at home after May 20 in Concord North Carolina.
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Roy Dotson
Ola
Alice
Albert Floyd Furr
Boone
North Carolina
Concord
Friday Afternoon Club Meets at Mrs Bingham’s April 29
A Friday Afternoon Club gathering at Mrs. R. K. Bingham’s on April 29 included a brief business session followed by a program on Italy. Members then drew animals with eyes closed, exchanged papers, and guessed each other’s drawings for amusement.
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R. K. Bingham
Italy
Cake contest and refreshments at club event noted
A club held a cake contest with Mrs Councill as the winner presenting Angel food. Miss Bircham and Mrs Joe Cook helped Mrs Bingham serve two courses of refreshments. Guests included Mrs John Norris and Mrs Cook. Next meeting with Mrs M P Critchor on Friday May 13.
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Councill
Miss Bircham
Joe Cook
Bingham
John Norris
Cook
M. P. Critchor
Quiet Wicked Tie Unfolds in Vilas and Mountain City
In Vilas on Tuesday morning Miss Mary Horton and Brantley Duncan wed at her parents home with immediate family only due to a recent death. The couple plans a bridal trip to Asheville and Boone, then a Vilas home with Boone as a possible permanent base. Blanche Wyke and David Greene wed in a Gretna Green ceremony in Mountain City Tenn. They will live in Pennsylvania for now.
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Cicero Blankenship
Lloyd Campbell
Johnson City
Tenn
Boone
Blowing Rock
Blankenship
Clyde Hartley
John Hodges
Wet
Tennessee
Mary Horton
Brantley Duncan
J. B. Horton
Vilas
R. A. Taylor
Asheville
Wyke-Greene
Blanche Wyke
P. C. Wyke
David Greene
Teague Brothers
Gretna Green
Mountain City
Democrat
State Normal
Watauga County Bank
Miss Phillips
Charlotte
Modern flapper praised as healthier and capable partner
Dr Frank Crane argues the modern girl is healthier and more prepared for motherhood than previous generations. He says short skirts and bobbed hair do not harm virtue, and later notes broad social progress and a historical note on capital punishment and unusual cold prevention in Japanese rice fields.
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Bruce Friday
Los Angeles
United States
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M. B. Woosley
Rutherfordton, N. C
Grady Moody
Cleveland
Ohio
Sherwood
L. R. Christian
Bristol, Tenn
W. S. Christian
Christian
Henry Mast
A. J. Mast
Mamie
J. W. Henson
J. S. McBride
G. C. Greer
Zionville
L. C. Cook
Denver
Colorado
The
Pikes Peak
America
Oscar L. Hardin
Rochester
Minnesota
Mayo Brothers Hospital
Hardin
D. W. Winebarger
D. M. Winebarger
Uncle Mark
J. M. Gaither
Boone Trail
State Line
Tennessean
Sanitary
Hodges Drug Company
W. H. Gragg
Post No
American Legion
Legion
Watauga
Wilkes
Caldwell
Carter County
Hubert S. Wagner
Miss Mary Helen Wagner
Dotson-Furr
Frank Crane
Marcel
F. A. Linney
J. A. Sproles
John Greer
A. R. Smith
I. G. Greer
the “No Name” Beauty Parlor
Carrie Horton Bingham
Ruth Cottrell
Carrie Coffey
Blanche Gaither
Verna Gragg
Louise Coffey
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